After our first day on site, we continued our exploratory survey to relocate the corners of Structure 1, and set in some new excavation areas that will hopefully give us some new insight into some aspects of the life history of Structure 1.
We’ve divided the site into some sub-excavations, using the Parks Canada archaeological framework as our model. In some cases we extended the area around the test units we placed, and in other cases we have put in new excavation units that hopefully are in the ballpark of the targets we are trying to hit.
David, Amelie and Cameron work on removing sod from what we hope is part of the midden or trash dump we previously located on this side of Structure 1.
MA student Ana (l) supervises the west wall crew (Alyssa, Emma, Esther, Caroline, Kallie, Riley, Jax and Mason) as they remove the sod and topsoil from the newly expanded unit.
Peter, Brooklynn and Xander work on expanding their unit located over the north wall of Structure 1.
August, Alex and Kira begin laying in the unit that we hope will tell us a bit about a possible summer kitchen we know was attached to Structure 1. In the midground, Teagan, Emily and Taryn are putting the sod on their backfilled test unit that was placed to isolate the alignment of the east wall, and in the background we have Amelie, Cameron and David working away on the midden unit.
After packing up the site for the weekend and moving the equipment back to the trailer, we had a little group meeting led by James where we went over our progress so far. Happy weekend everyone, we have completed one week already!
We were visited today by Dr Helen Haines and Dr Jen Newton, both faculty in the Department of Anthropology, based at the Durham campus.
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